Connecticut barely held on at No. 1 after its winning streak ended at 70.

UConn edged Duke by four points Monday in the final AP women’s college basketball poll of the season, the smallest margin between the top two teams since a media panel began voting in 1994.

The closes previous finish was Purdue’s 38-point edge over Tennessee to close the 1998-99 season.

Connecticut had been a unanimous No. 1 for six straight weeks, but it lost to Villanova 52-48 in the Big East tournament final. It was the Huskies’ first defeat since the 2001 Final Four.

Connecticut (31-1) received 21 of 44 first-place votes and had 1,074 points. Duke (31-1) had 19 first-place votes and 1,070 points. The four other first-place votes went to No. 3 LSU, which had 1,018 points.

Connecticut and Duke were the only teams ranked No. 1 this season. The Huskies replaced the Blue Devils atop the poll Feb. 3, two days after beating Duke 77-65 in Durham.

This is the fourth straight year and record sixth time overall that Connecticut has finished No. 1 in the poll.

Tennessee and Louisiana Tech have done it five times, while Texas is the only other school with four straight No. 1 finishes (1984-87).

On the strength of its big victory over UConn, Villanova jumped seven places to 11th, matching the Wildcats’ highest ranking ever.

George Washington, ranked earlier this season, returned to the poll in a tie for 25th.

There were few other changes.

The top six stayed the same, with Tennessee at No. 4, followed by Texas and Louisiana Tech. No. 7 Texas Tech and No. 8 Kansas State traded places, Stanford stayed at No. 9, and Purdue held at No. 10.